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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: "Darrel Clinton" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <darrel.clinton@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2013 19:33:09 +0700
Subject: GOOD DAY

Good day,
I am Second Lieutenant Duncan Darrel Clinton, I am an American soldier, I am serving in
the military of the 1st Armored Division in Iraq,
I just moved to Afghanistan from Iraq as one of the last batch that
just left as you know we are being attacked by insurgents everyday
and car bombs. We managed to move funds belonging to Saddam Hussein’s family in 2003.
The total amount is US$5 Million dollars in cash, mostly 100 dollar bills, this money has been
moved from Iraq to Afghanistan somewhere outside city for sometime but
with the proposed troop reduction out Afghanistan by president Obama, we are afraid that the
money will be discovered hence we want to move this money to you for safe keeping pending
the completion of our assignment here in Afghanistan.


we are ready to compensate you with good percentage of the funds, No strings
attached, just for you to help us move it out of Afghanistan.
Afghanistan is a war zone,so we plan on using diplomatic means in shipping the money out as military
cargo using diplomatic immunity. If you are interested I will send you the full details,
my job is to find a good partner that we can trust and that will assist us.
Can I trust you? When you receive this letter, kindly reply to my private
Email address: (darrel.clinton@yahoo.com) signifying your interest including
Your most confidential telephone numbers for quick communication also your
Contact details.

This is risk free.

Thanks
Respectfully,
2LT Duncan Darrell Clinton
United States Marine Corps. Kabul

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